xc2215x@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoAOC doesn't want to be New York City mayor. Most likely, she has bigger planswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down112
arrow-up1328arrow-down1external-linkAOC doesn't want to be New York City mayor. Most likely, she has bigger planswww.independent.co.ukxc2215x@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 day agoI don’t know about Quincy adams, but the other two do not represent what I want more of in American politics
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThe point is that retiring from open politics is a choice, not a requirement.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·9 hours agoMy point is that it’s too much to ask of her to be president for eight years and then continue nobly serving her country. The people who still want to be in politics after that aren’t doing it for good reasons.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours ago…but you think Andrew Jackson and Taft were doing what was best for the country?
minus-squareEmpathicVagrant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoExactly. I mean just look at how a former President conducted the dismissal of bipartisan border legislation!
I don’t know about Quincy adams, but the other two do not represent what I want more of in American politics
The point is that retiring from open politics is a choice, not a requirement.
My point is that it’s too much to ask of her to be president for eight years and then continue nobly serving her country.
The people who still want to be in politics after that aren’t doing it for good reasons.
I was with you on the first sentence.
…but you think Andrew Jackson and Taft were doing what was best for the country?
Exactly. I mean just look at how a former President conducted the dismissal of bipartisan border legislation!